Tag: church
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Wrestling with the Sabbath
I went to church today. I told a few people about the week I’ve had. My wife leaving The Church. Letting a homeless man stay in our basement. Losing power for half a day because of financial security issues. Anxiety attacks and meltdowns. Arguments about doctrine most of it bad. And my confidence that even…
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Ambivalent
I was pretty ambivalent about my wife leaving the Church until it actually happened. I understand her reasons and share some of them. My testimony has always been irregular and now I am questioning whether I can call it a testimony at all. I have little interest in being temple worthy and remain adamant that…
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Change (Part 2)
Things are changing quickly. I missed church because I overslept. The bishop came to the house to verify that my wife wants her name taken off the official records. And we got the canvas of the art that I made for her. A copy of the canvas is available for $100 (sorry we’re not selling…
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Laundry not Church
My ride to church cancelled last night. I usually take that as a sign from God that I’m needed more at home for the day. I would have liked to have slept in but my youngest wanted a bath in the wee hours of the morning. So I got up and put him in the…
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General Conference
It is the weekend for the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. That means three two hour blocks of talks today and two two hour blocks tomorrow. I have missed the first one. Don’t get me wrong I tried to find it. I put “LDS General Conference” into Duck…
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Saturday Morning Energy
I remember when I was a kid I had a lot of trouble getting up for school. It got so bad that I would get completely dressed except for shoes and curl back under my blankets until I absolutely had to leave. I had the same problem on Sundays before church and occasionally wouldn’t get…
Latter Day Sinner 